The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-02
FATAL ACCIDENTS.
A Failing Building and Two Mine tx.
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ST. LOUIS, May 3O.-At half past II
o'clock to-day the three story brick
building, No. 4l4 and 4l9 North Third
Street collapsed and several men are
supposed to be buried in the debris.
The building was occupied by Flesh s.
Nook, painters, and Baily, Sage s. Co.,
sign and house painters. At the hour
of the collapse most of the men were
in the yard at the rear, it being noon
hour. Several men were sitting in the
windows watching the others pass ball,
when the structure began to shake.
Some one called out from the third
floor 1.-THE thing is coming down. but
as the vibration ceased, they resumed
their ease, supposing the cause of the
shaking to be telegraph men walking
over the roof. The temporary quiet
had scarcely restored their confidence
when the back sagged inwardly and
those near the windows made their es-
cape by jumping. They fastened
to the front of the build
ing and found the wreck
here more complete than in the rear
the whole force seeming concentrated
over the offices, pulling the walls in
Wardly. The fremen and police patrol
quickly appeared and began the work
of digging for those buried under the
ruins, though the hanging walls threat
ened another crash. The men that
made their escape are sure that there
were several clerks and employees in
the Office. The building was very old,
being among the few ancient Struc-
lures still standing in the city. 1t has
been vacant until recently.
LATER-One man, August Stegens, a
painter, was taken from the debris.
He was badly crushed but is living. He
says all the men in the front part of
the building escaped. He was pinned
down by plank which kept the mass
of the building off of him. Search for
more victims is progressing. An i'm
mense crowd of people is gathered
around the scene.
CAUSED BY CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.
HUNTINGTON, w. Va. May 81
About ten o'clock this morning the
T. n. Reece, aged As, John Kelley and
w. K. AlbertsOn, and badly injuring
John Cox, the engineer, George New
man, boss of the gang, and Chauncey
RosSingtOn, besides dozen or more
others, whose wounds are not consid-
cred dangerous. John Perry is known
to be missing, as there were thirty men
on the elevator at the time. Others
will likely be found. A Skiff is now
dredging. The engine was run by an
old locomotive boiler that had been
condemned off the Chesapeake & Ohio
road. and the engineer was ineXperi-
enced. The elevator was the property
of the Chesapeake s. Ohio Company,
and is completely wrecked.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, May 30.-The
boiler in the Hitchcock manufacturing
works at CORTLAND exploded this morn
ing, burying at least three men in the
debris. Clifford Fuller was dangerous
ly injured and Frank SCOTS head was
crushed. Scott cannot live. The work
of rescue is still progressing. M. a.
Webster's body was taken from the
ruins at 10o'clOck. Life was extinct.
W. Z. Ballard aud man named Couch
were seriously injured.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
ST.. LOUIS, May 30.-A special from
Clebourne, Texas, says: During
heavy storm last night Nathan Craw-
ford and Charles Potts, negroes, were
struck by lightning and killed. They
were sitting by the stove in the Bap-
fist church and lightning struck the
stove pipe.
BROKE HIS NECK.
AUGUSTA, Kas, May 30.-While as
sisting to unload heavy rock for the
abutment of the Whitewater bridge
one mile east of here, Mr.. J. II. Ball
had his neck broken. Some of the
support of the derrick gave way. The
rock struck Mr.. Ball on top of the head,
crashed down through the base of his
skull and broke his neck. The accident
happened at noon to-day, and at z p.
m. the victim was still alive, though
wholly unconscious since the accident.
His death is momentarily expected.
A DISASTROUS FIRE.
CLEVELAND, o., May 31.-The vii
lage of Sycamore, Wyandotte County,
was visited by a disastrous fire this
morning, about one-third of the bust
ness portion of the place being de-
stroyed.